Nice blast from the past. It was great that GreyBear created CyberBears (.org). For those who weren't around, "We" indeed started at FansOnly, but that wasn't GreyBear's place, or any of us Cal fans (not to be confused with Calfans), except to the extent that FansOnly was pretty much nothing but a meaasage board that was nothing but for "us."

I don't remember the reasons GreyBear decided to start an independent site, but when he did, everyone (I mean EVERYONE) left FansOnly and came to CyberBears. A credit to the respect that GreyBear gained on FansOnly. Overnight, the Cal FansOnly site turned into a ghost town. That amazing migration of EVERYONE happened 20 years ago today. Thanks to GreyBear for what he created and all he did for it (which means all he did for us).

I hope the character of this place will always retain some of GreyBear's character, so that he lives forever through this site.

Very cool to see this. I didn't learn of the various board until BI was a Scout Board and I've been around since then. Was that 2003-ish? ... amazing the pace of change and I have to admit I can't imagine BlueBlood as a contributor but hey you never know what you don't know.... or never saw....

Very cool to see this. I didn't learn of the various board until BI was a Scout Board and I've been around since then. Was that 2003-ish? ... amazing the pace of change and I have to admit I can't imagine BlueBlood as a contributor but hey you never know what you don't know.... or never saw....

Thanks for this Ellen.

You must therefore feel that the early stuff was all fake news! You're lucky Trump coined the word for you country people.

I think we first "met" on the GoBears Mailing list. Fansonly was the Cal site. They had message boards but then they started moderating the posts and no one liked that. They were redoing the boards (maybe becoming calbears.com?) and then GreyBear made the website to fill the void. gregIneedmorecharacters came up with the name CyberBears.

I was around on the gobears mailing list but I was on something even before that. Anyone remember Reza Serafine (sp?) who was one of the earliest organizers, if not the first. There was also some IT guy named Dave (IIRC) who used to troubleshoot things and set up a few meetings for list members.

I think we first "met" on the GoBears Mailing list. Fansonly was the Cal site. They had message boards but then they started moderating the posts and no one liked that. They were redoing the boards (maybe becoming calbears.com?) and then GreyBear made the website to fill the void. gregIneedmorecharacters came up with the name CyberBears.

Some of you may not know, but when we were with Scout, GreyBear published a magazine. Scout website

GreyBear created Bear Play. Since I would NEVER pick against Cal, he made the scoring so that you could get points for the closeness to the score.

Who remembers the CyberBears buttons? the GoCyberBears banner? The Table is Set, Let the Big Bear Eat t-shirt?

So many memories.

How about the Golden Oski awards? I may have won an award for most long-winded, but I always admired anyone who could win MOC (Most Optimistic CyberBear). Did both KoreAmBear and the poster now known as smh both win MOC?

Well if this board has been around for 20 years it is easy to see it lasting another 20, or 50. Those of you with the historical knowledge ought to put your collective memories together and write it all down in a thread called History, and put a sticky on it. So those who come after you can know what came before. Maybe this is that thread.

Well if this board has been around for 20 years it is easy to see it lasting another 20, or 50. Those of you with the historical knowledge ought to put your collective memories together and write it all down in a thread called History, and put a sticky on it. So those who come after you can know what came before. Maybe this is that thread.

more than a few original poster's sell by date measures in single digits, or less. the mind slips, goes fuzzy wuzzy unnoticed.

"C'est la vie", say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell"

How about the Golden Oski awards? I may have won an award for most long-winded, but I always admired anyone who could win MOC (Most Optimistic CyberBear). Did both KoreAmBear and the poster now known as smh both win MOC?

> I may have won an award for most long-winded..you did, you did, never challenged happily ever after.

if memory serves MOC votes were a photo finish / lean at the tape. in practice only KAB followed thru, a Keep Hope Alive real deal. # the impossible dream

I was around on the gobears mailing list but I was on something even before that. Anyone remember Reza Serafine (sp?) who was one of the earliest organizers, if not the first. There was also some IT guy named Dave (IIRC) who used to troubleshoot things and set up a few meetings for list members.

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I thought the gobears mailing list was formed by Reza? Don't remember Dave, though.

Yes I remember the gobears list fondly. I would be so eager to get some comment about Cal football in the early days of email listserves.

I have met so many great people I may not otherwise have met through Cyberbears (dot org). Who knows who I have would have met through Cyberbears (dot com), but I digress.

Some of those I met, I was able to see at Maxwell Field this past Saturday. It's so common these days when a friend asks how I've met some of you, I tell them "through a sports message board." That's really the only way they understand lol.

Happy 20th bday to Cyberbears. RIP Grey and GB71. We do need to bring back the Golden Oskis though! My favorite award was "Most Popular Outside Poster" lol. I forget who won that a lot, maybe the guy from Oregon? Do we have outside poster regulars these days?

We also lost ancientbear42 in Sept, 2016. He was 96, sharp as a tack, and still followed the Bears. PRD74 would help him with Justintv. I'd send him posters and schedules. He stopped posting here but he still sent me emails which were a challenge to decipher sometimes but Ole Mac always ended them Go Bears

Thanks, Ellen, for your role in helping Greybear start BI. He and I went in to see Jeff Tedford with the idea of starting an Old Blue board for Cal FB news for a fee of $20/mo but we were told to get lost by the AD. [ Barber I think ] But Greybear persisted and we owe the board to you and him. Milt David, MD